Palestinian sources: IDF attacking Gaza on Saturday night

Two rockets from Gaza fall near Ashkelon, a third in the Eshkol Regional Council earlier in the evening

An Israeli police sapper carries a Kassam rocket that landed in an open field near the Israel-Gaza border in December 2011. (Illustrative photo; credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

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Palestinian sources have reported to IAF strikes on the Gaza strip Saturday night according to Yedioth Ahronoth. No injuries have been reported as yet, but the sources said that several structures in southern Gaza and a tunnel in the eastern section of Rafah have been damaged.

A rocket landed in the southern Eshkol Regional Council on Saturday night, according to Maariv. This was the second such attack of the evening, following two Kassam rockets that fell near Ashkelon earlier. Neither attack resulted in injuries or damage.

IDF Arab media spokesman Avichay Adraee tweeted in Arabic shortly after Saturday’s incident: “25 rockets fired into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip since the beginning of February. To be clear: we will not tolerate this situation.”

Over 40 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza since the beginning of 2012. While injuries and damage have been minimal, the Israeli communities around Gaza remain on alert.